Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$185.99 + shipping
Description: 16mo (78 x 47 mm), [4], 94, [4]pp., prelims a little creased, half calf by Frank Fortney, diamond tooling in blind, lettered in gilt. Designed by Bruce Rogers, presswork by The Marchbanks Press, New York.
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
Thoreau, Henry David. Wild Apples, History of the Apple Tree. St. Onge, Worcester, Mass., 1956.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HENRY DAVID THOREAU. Wild Apples, History of the Apple Tree, Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1956.Miniature (about 2x3 inches or 5x7.5cm), pp. 95, 1 (note), diced pigskin covers with gilt lettering to front, back and spine, gilt apples on front and back, all edges tinted yellow. St. Onge, in his advertising for this book, said it was the smallest book designed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at Marchbanks Press. BAL 20278, Bradbury 2915.Condition of this book: Fine, spot of discoloration at fore edge. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Environment & Ecology; United States; 1950s; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53972. This booklet or book is lighter than a standard-size book, and may involve a lesser shipping cost than that quoted by this site. If that is the case, you will be charged the lesser rate when your order is processed, not the rate shown here.
Seller: Rarities etc., Warwick, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$259.00 + shipping
Description: 95pp. One of 950 copies designed by Bruce Rogers. Thoreau's well-known essay on the varieties, habitats, and habits of wild apples and crabapples. One of the most sought after of St. Onge's publications, and one of only two miniature books designed by Bruce Rogers. Spine and lower board a touch faded, else fine in full tan leather with a blind-stamped design and gilt title. (Massmann 14; Bradbury, p. 253). (3 by 2; 76x51mm).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$287.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 x 2", gilt-lettered leather, 95pp, covers a little rubbed and cupped, pp a little edge-toned but still a decent, clean copy of this miniature book. Designed by Bruce Rogers.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Description: 95pp. One of 950 copies designed by Bruce Rogers. Thoreau's well-known essay on the varieties, habitats, and habits of wild apples and crabapples. One of the most sought after of St. Onge's publications, and one of only two miniature books designed by Bruce Rogers. Fine in full tan leather with a blind-stamped design and gilt title. (Massmann 14; Bradbury, p. 253). (3 by 2; 76x51mm).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$288.00 + shipping
Description: 95pp. One of 950 copies designed by Bruce Rogers. Thoreau's well-known essay on the varieties, habitats, and habits of wild apples and crabapples. One of the most sought after of St. Onge's publications, and one of only two miniature books designed by Bruce Rogers. Mild splay to boards else fine in full tan leather with a blind-stamped design and gilt title. (Massmann 14; Bradbury, p. 253). (3 by 2; 76x51mm).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Thoreau, Henry David. Wild Apples. History of the Apple Tree. Achille J. St. Onge, Worcester, 1956.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original tan leather, title in gilt on spine and upper cover. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Miniature book: 2 x 3 inches.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A beautiful miniature book, one of only two ever designed by the legendary book designer Bruce Rogers, and perhaps the most sought after of St. Onge's miniature masterpieces. Produced in a limited edition of 950 copies bound in full tan leather, blind-stamped in a cross-hatch design with gilt titles and tiny gilt apples, all edges gilt. The condition is virtually mint. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913?1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing them as a hobby in 1935. By the time he ceased in 1977, St. Onge had created 48 miniature masterpieces on an eclectic variety of subjects. The books all remain much-prized by collectors.
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.